Nearly 200 passengers had to evacuate a plane forced to land at Newark Liberty International Airport Saturday morning. (iStockphoto)

Panicked passengers on a Florida-bound flight Saturday were forced to evacuate on inflatable slides after their plane made an emergency landing at Newark Liberty International Airport, officials said.

At least two injuries were reported following the 8:20 a.m. incident, which left the plane on the runway surrounded by Port Authority cops and firefighters.

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The Air Transat flight from Montreal to Fort Lauderdale requested an emergency stop at Newark following a report of a smoke condition in its cargo hold.

Newark Airport officials made way for the landing and, when the plane touched down on runway 4R, passengers were asked to evacuate using the emergency slides.

“They were evacuated from the Boeing 737 promptly after landing,” Ait Transat officials tweeted Saturday. At least two people suffered minor injuries during the evacuation, according to a tweet by airport officials.

“Flight activity has resumed at EWR after the pilot of an Air Transat flight requested an emergency landing due to a report of fire in the cargo hold of the plane. Plane landed safely,” airport officials tweeted at 11 a.m.

Officials later determined there was no fire, just a smoke indicator light that wouldn’t clear.